Oglesby Unknowns from 7/16/2023

[Joseph Fossil]

Here are some more specimens which I quite frankly am scratching my head as to their identify! I'm also wondering if anyone can give a Proper ID for them?

Unknown Specimen 1:

 

 

 

Unknown Specimen 2:

 

 

 

Unknown Specimen 3:

 

 

 

 

[Joseph Fossil]

Here are more unknown specimens of which a few I have a few slight ideas for what their Proper IDs, but would still like assistance in finding Proper IDs for them.

 

Unknown Specimen 4 :

(this one at a certain angle looks like some kind of spinal cord of an aquatic vertebrate, maybe even something like an amphibian?) 

 

 

Unknown Specimens 5 ( looks like a Trilobite?)

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown Specimen 6 -looks like a Petalodus or Deltodus tooth, but I'm not 100% sure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown Specimen 7 (Possible Ctenacanthiform tooth, but I'm not 100% sure)

 

 

Unknown Specimen 8 (Definitely Brachiopod, but forgot genus name)

 

 

 

A pretty intact and pretty awesome specimen of the Brachiopod Composita

 

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Unknown Specimen 9 (Definitely Ctenacanthiform tooth, but I'm not 100% sure on Proper ID)

 

 

 

 

Unknown Specimen 10 (Definitely a Chondricthyan tooth, but I'm not 100% sure on if it's a Ctenacanthiform or something like Deltodus)

 

 

 

 

I hope you all enjoy this post! It's awesome to be back on the fossilfoum!! Do any of you guys have an idea on what could be the Unknown Specimens's Proper IDs from this Oglesby fossil haul? @Fossildude19 @deutscheben @Tales From the Shale @jdp Do you guys have ideas on the specimens ID's?

 

[Fossildude19]

I am completely unfamiliar with the Oglesby site and fossils.

Looks like some of the specimens would benefit from some further preparation, however.

[Joseph Fossil]

3 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

I am completely unfamiliar with the Oglesby site and fossils.

Looks like some of the specimens would benefit from some further preparation, however.

 

@Fossildude19 Thanks for the input dude. I appreciate it.

[Joseph Fossil]

@connorp What do you think? 

[Fossildude19]

11 hours ago, Joseph Fossil said:

 

@Fossildude19 Thanks for the input dude. I appreciate it.

 

Also, ID requests should REALLY be posted under FOSSIL ID. I HAVE SPLIT THESE OUT FROM YOUR TRIP REPORT TO PUT THEM HERE.

 

Maybe some prepping and cleanup before posting there would increase chances of positive IDs.

[deutscheben]

I do not see anything here that I would feel comfortable identifying as fish or shark material, except for Unknown #2 which could potentially be a broken tooth, but might also be a brachiopod. 

Edited July 21, 2023 by deutscheben

[Isotelus2883]

5 is the partial imprint of a productid brachiopod, quite definitely.

[Joseph Fossil]

On 7/21/2023 at 8:03 PM, Isotelus2883 said:

5 is the partial imprint of a productid brachiopod, quite definitely.

 

@Isotelus2883 Thanks for the Input dude!!!

[Joseph Fossil]

Possible Gilkmanius tooth

 

 

 

 

Unknown and partial Ctenacanthiform tooth

 

What do you guys think of these specimens? These definitely look like Ctenacanthiform teeth, but the first one only has the very tip of the tooth preserved and the second seems a bit better but it's bottom is missing currently. The thickness of the tooth does very similar to a Gilkmanius tooth I've found previously at the Oglesby site, but not 100% sure if this is Gilkmanius teeth?

 

@connorp @deutscheben @Isotelus2883 Do you guys have any ideas on the specimen's Proper IDs?

[Joseph Fossil]

On 7/21/2023 at 8:03 PM, Isotelus2883 said:

5 is the partial imprint of a productid brachiopod, quite definitely.

 

What productid brachiopod genus do you think it belongs to?

[deutscheben]

I do not see anything diagnostic about the first partial tooth you posted here. The second one is interesting, the shape does not look like a typical cladodont tooth. I don't know that there is enough there to identify it though. 

[Isotelus2883]

22 hours ago, Joseph Fossil said:

What productid brachiopod genus do you think it belongs to?

I am not sure, as I don’t know much about this locality, and there is not a lot of shell left.

[Joseph Fossil]

Just talked to a colleague from Chicago about the ID's for these two teeth. The second one he said is a currently unknown Actinopterygian fish. The first one is a Ctenacanthiform, but its ID is currently unknown.